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Progression to Tertiary: Qualification Level

The tertiary education sector is a diverse sector. Its scope ranges from informal non-assessed community courses in schools through to formal undergraduate degrees and advanced research-based postgraduate degrees.

Progression to tertiary education is a measure of the level of tertiary education a student is enrolled in one, two or three years after leaving school.

School leavers are identified from the Ministry of Education’s ENROL system, while tertiary enrolment information is sourced from the tertiary databases SDR and ITR.

Identical information is available for other territorial authorities in this region by using the drop down menu above. For territorial authorities in other regions first choose the appropriate region from the drop down menu above.

Table 1: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education one year after leaving school (2017-2019 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2017 2018 2019
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 16 14 14
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 21 18 21
Female Enrolled L1-L2 6 4 4
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 37 34 43
Female Total 80 70 82
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 4 3
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 31 26 20
Male Enrolled L1-L2 2 6 3
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 59 54 46
Male Total 101 90 72
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 2 3
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 17 13 14
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 5 3 5
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 47 46 48
Māori Total 73 64 70
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 x x
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 x x
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 x x
Pacific Total 6 x x
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 1 x
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 2 x
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 2 x
Asian Total x 5 x
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 x 0
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 x 0
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 x 0
MELAA Total 0 x 0
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 0 0
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 0 0
Other Total x 0 0
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 20 16 15
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 35 32 31
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 2 7 2
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 57 45 58
European/Pākehā Total 114 100 106
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 25 18 17
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 52 44 41
Total Enrolled L1-L2 8 10 7
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 96 88 89
Total Total 181 160 154

Notes:

  1. ‘x’ = data has been suppressed where there are between 0 and 5 students in the denominator for a specific group, for example Asian students. Where one gender has been suppressed the corresponding gender has also been suppressed.
  2. Ethnicity is multiple response, that is, students who affiliated in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group. Students are only counted once in the total, therefore, the ethnic groups may not sum to the total.
  3. International fee-paying students and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.
Table 2: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education two years after leaving school (2016-2018 cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2016 2017 2018
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 16 20 16
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 18 12 15
Female Enrolled L1-L2 3 2 1
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 42 46 38
Female Total 79 80 70
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 10 11 4
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 22 30 27
Male Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 2
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 57 59 57
Male Total 90 101 90
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 7 4
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 13 14 14
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 2 3 1
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 40 49 45
Māori Total 59 73 64
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 2 x
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 0 x
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 x
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 4 x
Pacific Total 7 6 x
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 x 2
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 x 0
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 x 3
Asian Total 5 x 5
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 0 x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 0 x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 0 x
MELAA Total 0 0 x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 x 0
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 x 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 x 0
Other Total 0 x 0
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 21 22 15
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 28 31 32
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 2 1 1
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 58 60 52
European/Pākehā Total 109 114 100
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 26 31 20
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 40 42 42
Total Enrolled L1-L2 4 3 3
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 99 105 95
Total Total 169 181 160

Notes:

  1. ‘x’ = data has been suppressed where there are between 0 and 5 students in the denominator for a specific group, for example Asian students. Where one gender has been suppressed the corresponding gender has also been suppressed.
  2. Ethnicity is multiple response, that is, students who affiliated in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group. Students are only counted once in the total, therefore, the ethnic groups may not sum to the total.
  3. International fee-paying students and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.

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